Amy Klobuchar
Senator for Minnesota · Democratic · United States
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“There is an incredibly complex supply chain in this country. We learned during the pandemic the hard way, the sad way, what happens when that supply chain gets messed up. If just one thing is missing, a piece of a part that goes on some furniture manufactured in North Carolina, but they need some parts from somewhere else, then you can't have it at the room and board in Minneapolis. That is what got messed up during that time with the supply chains. Those were the simplest examples. When you have this intricate supply chain, as leaders of this country, when we take out things like tariffs, we do it in a targeted fashion, but we also do it in a smart way, and the best way to do it is with trade agreements.”
“So what happens when they don't have that consistency? Well, they [[Page S2654]] freeze their investments. They don't buy new stock. They kind of keep what they have. Who loses out? Customers will lose out, yes, but the people that work there lose out. They start laying people off. That is what you are seeing. There are more announcements today about laying people off. The supply chains get messed up. They don't know--one of my major manufacturers, about 20 percent of their parts come from China, but they employ nearly 10,000 people in America, and they put stuff together. They don't know which parts are going to be available or not because they probably don't get them directly from one company. They don't get them directly from China; they get them from someone in the middle who doesn't know if they are going to get them.”
“They are on the edge, and they just barely make it every year or maybe one year, they have a really good year. But these tariffs for them came out of nowhere. They actually never would have believed that this would have been going on as long as it has. You know, one of the problems is that even if it gets fixed, a lot of those markets may not come back because we have become undependable to other countries. If we continue along this path, as we have already seen--the farmers told me: Sometimes, because we need consistency, we figure out what crop we are going to plant, what seeds we are going to plant. But we are really not sure. It is a guess for us now because we don't know about soybeans with China or ethanol--40 percent goes to Canada. But we don't know which ones we are going to get the trade agreement with. They need consistency.”
“She can't just go and make a call and make sure that they are going to take care and make an exemption for her Busy Baby gear. Maybe the other ones got to go to that special, secret investment meeting at J.P. Morgan with the Treasury Secretary. That soybean farmer at the townhall meeting was not invited to that meeting. The owner of Busy Baby was not invited to that meeting. So they don't actually know. Maybe they revealed what countries are close to trade agreements. Today, the Commerce Secretary claimed he has an agreement with a secret country--his words--secret agreement. But my constituents who are living on the margin, who, maybe because of input costs for their business or their farms or their ranches or because of a weather event for farmers or because of avian flu for some of our poultry producers-- they are just on the edge.”
“That is happening now. I think about the businesswoman Beth Benike from southern Minnesota. She is an Army veteran and the owner of a little company called Busy Baby and this year's Minnesota Small Business Person of the Year. She is feeling really good about that. She has a business where she gets mats for highchairs so these little babies can't throw things over. Many of us who are moms remember that. All of a sudden, in come those tariffs. So some big businesses and their CEOs have a red carpet to the White House. You know, Tim Cook--I am glad he saved his phones. But he is able to make a call to the President at any time, and he can go in there. Beth Benike at Busy Baby doesn't know the President's number. She can't just waltz in there.”
“They are worried about healthcare access and the impact of Trump's tariff taxes on the economy; people who live on fixed incomes, and suddenly those costs are ballooning or they saved in a 401(k) or some other retirement savings, and that has gone down to where they didn't expect it. Then they try to call Social Security to figure out what they are going to get or they are getting or they have a spouse who died. One man who I met with--I could not believe his story. He has worked with Social Security before. His wife died in January after a long illness, and he emailed, and they asked for his fingerprint. He couldn't do that online, but he kept emailing. Then he called. Then he finally had to drive into Brainerd, MN, to get to the office. Then he finally ended up having to call our office, and we figured it out for him.”
“I had one case where a farmer was sitting next to a woman who had one of the signs that said ``This is not normal.'' She is right, it is not normal, but he didn't know what that meant. He said to her: I am normal. What do you mean? She said: No, it is not normal. Well, he wasn't an activist. He was just someone that is worried that his whole life's work is going to go to waste because he is a soybean farmer, and that market is going to dry up where he sells his soybeans in China because, guess what, they are going to look to buy from Brazil. People are worried about costs and their own families.”
“And then you look at the tariff taxes: $4,000, $4,000 per family, $200 of that an increase in groceries. That is what it is; it is a tariff tax. At the pharmacy, prescription drugs will cost Americans an extra $70 a year, and clothing prices will soar more than $900 a year. Look, Elon Musk is going to be able to afford that. Millionaires, billionaires, OK, they can afford this doubling of certain prescriptions. They can afford things going up at the grocery store. Agriculture prices going up like they were--they can afford that. But regular people, people who aren't in the Trump Cabinet, can't afford that. When you talk to people out there--I am not talking about activists, as much as I am excited that they are showing up at things. I am just talking about people that maybe have never even gone to a townhall meeting before.”
“They actually, understandably, thought it because it was the stuff that he talked about in the campaign. But that is not what has happened in these first 100 days. In fact, what do we have? We have got costs are up; ask anyone in the grocery aisles. Corruption is up; look at the budget being proposed, $50 million in tax cuts for millionaires. And, yes, chaos is up. Sadly, retirement savings are down. When you look at what has been happening with the market, we haven't seen this kind of decline in the first 100 days--I don't think it has been since Richard Nixon that we have seen this kind of a drop. So in his campaign, the President promised ``to lower prices on day one.'' Instead, Americans are paying more today than we did on January 20.”
“Mr. President, we are closing things out here till midnight, but I do want to thank my colleague from Oregon for his passion for this country. We all do dream of that world where, in fact, the people in this country can once more have a say in what is happening; that we do not have this chaos that is actually not what they bought into. I just came back from a 19-county trip across my State, and people came up to me all the time and said: You know, I voted for you, and I voted for Donald Trump. But I voted for him because I thought he was going to bring costs down. That is not what is happening right now. Or I thought he was going to do something about housing because we don't have enough housing in rural Minnesota. Or I thought he was going to do something about childcare.”
“So when I look at these 100 days, I wish for my constituents it wasn't so. My State is fourth in the country for ag exports. We have 15 Fortune 500 companies. I know the differences in this economy and how hard it is anyway. But when I look at those people showing up at the rural smalltown townhalls or showing up at farmers' events and telling me what is going on, that is where I realize: This 100 days isn't just some campaign brochure. This 100 days isn't just sound bites on social media or a post. This is their lives, and we need to stand up for them. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nevada.”
“When America was on this cusp of greatness and we had come from the pandemic--we were dealing with inflation; that is true. To me, we were going to the next level of problems, which is making sure we had a workforce for the jobs we had and that they had housing and that they had childcare. Instead, we are going backward. We were on the cusp at NIH, with the research and with the combination of mapping the human genome and AI and all of these incredible innovations that are going on. And as long as we put some rules of the road in place, we were in the place to lead in the world on some incredible new things. But now we are going backward if we don't even have FDA people who can improve the new gadgets and the new medical devices. Or if we don't have any rules in place when it comes to AI, we are going to go backward, not forward.”
“And the thing that is really galling to them is, when you look at what [[Page S2641]] these tax breaks will do for the billionaires, and the thought that that is being paid for by--as the Congressional Budget Office has said when looking at the House numbers, it would be hundreds of billions of dollars of cuts to Medicaid or paid for from food assistance, with grocery prices up. And people need--and I tell you, they need them in the rural areas just as much as they need them in the urban areas. That is just the last straw. And from what I have heard, we are going to really see the worse of it when you start to not see those goods come in. So I know that my businesses, big and small, are seeing this coming. They are stopping investing. You know what that means.”
“In the case of farmers and ranchers, it may be because input costs are already difficult, or maybe because of the weather. Or in the case of our poultry producers, it may be because of the avian flu and the like. But this is just like the last straw that they can't handle. That is what is going on right now. So if you wonder why these opinion polls are saying what our colleagues on the Democratic side here have been saying forever and asking our Republican colleagues to stop rubberstamping everything he does and to stand up, which did happen on the tariff vote that Senator Kaine and I and Senator Warner pushed forward when it comes to Canada-- we are going to have another vote like that, which covers more countries when it comes to tariffs--they want people to stand up. They don't want any more rubberstamps.”
“Among other things that all my colleagues are hearing right now from individuals and people living on fixed incomes and seniors who are depending on Social Security and can't get through--one of my constituents, when their wife died, he couldn't even get through. He tries on email for days, tries to get through, just trying to figure out what he does when his wife has died, and he can't find one person to talk to in the government and has to call our office. Besides all of that horror show, what really people have to understand--people ask me: What is the worst thing no one is talking about? It is the small businesses, the small ranchers, the small farmers that are the roadkill here. They are the ones who do not have the margins.”
“My soybean farmer who relies on a market that is quickly dwindling--that already dwindled under the last Trump administration--he doesn't have that phone number. He can't get over there in the Oval Office. He can't get an exception. Or I doubt that the Treasury Secretary has heard about Beth Benike, who runs our ``Minnesota Small Business Person of the Year'' company, called Busy Baby, an online company that gets stuff that she makes into things for high chairs for babies--a successful small business. She is not going to make it. She wasn't invited by the Treasury Secretary to that secret JPMorgan investor meeting. She didn't get in the door. She doesn't know what the scoop is. She is just trying to get by.”
“On TV and on social media, you see these big people yelling into a microphone. I don't blame them. They are mad; they are sad. That is all. They are showing how they feel. But there is another group of people maybe are a little quieter. Maybe they just tell us--maybe they tell people behind closed doors, maybe they show up. They don't know why the person next to them has a sign that says ``This is not normal.'' I heard a farmer ask this woman: Why do you have that sign? She said: Because it is not normal. He said: I am normal. And she said: This is not normal. They are showing up because they cannot believe what is happening. Here is the problem. Some of the biggest entities, the big companies--Tim Cook, it is good for phones, good for Apple--he is able to call the President, go over there.”
“Trump's tariff taxes, which is especially concerning to those in the rural areas of my State who sometimes just get by on a margin--those tariff taxes, $4,000 a family, $200 in grocery costs--that is what is going to happen. That is what is happening now, and they know it. That is why you see these numbers. It is not like the American people haven't noticed. In his 100 days, President Trump, sadly, has the worst approval rating of any President since polling began. Two-thirds of them don't like how he is handling the economy. Two-thirds of them, by multiple polls, don't like these tariff taxes. I was just on a 19-county rural tour in my State. I visited farms and small businesses. Everywhere I went, I heard people--some of them quieter than others--and I think that is important to know.”
“Madam President, it is 100 days since Donald Trump took office. I think back to the promises that were made, not just during the campaign but the first day. I think of my constituents who voted for me and voted for him--who actually believed he was going to bring costs down and put them first and do something about housing and do something about healthcare and do something about childcare. Those were some of the main things they brought up to me. They were hoping that would happen. But, instead, we have seen the most divisive, chaotic Presidency. Yes, chaos is up, corruption is up, costs are up, and, sadly, people's retirements are down. Americans are paying the price.”
“Instead of building on our progress, Republicans are driving up costs by not standing up on these tariffs--although four of them did--on Canada, by not standing up when it comes to this assault on programs for our seniors, like Medicaid. This is unacceptable, and we should not be here advancing policies that are going to force more Americans to have to choose between filling their prescriptions and putting food on their table. Too many Americans struggle with the cost of healthcare. Instead of looking out for billionaires, let's look out for them. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.”
“That is an example, when you look at Medicaid and the use for, yes, children with disabilities, kids throughout our land, but also our seniors for nursing homes and assisted living, then you look at Medicare and how important that is, then you look at the progress we have made on things like prescription drugs--all of these are on the line at the same time Americans have seen the biggest drop to their savings, the biggest drop to the stock market, a self-inflicted wound, a reckless act based on things that Donald Trump has said to his--I don't know--the people he hangs out with, his friends. Well, the people that voted for him in my State did not sign up for this.”
“They also have to do it the year after that and the year after that. There is no sign, based on testimony in the Health Committee, based on what we have seen out there, that they are going to have the wherewithal to do this. I hope they do, but there is no sign that they are going to do this. I see that Senator Welch just entered the Chamber. He was the lead author on this bill in the House of Representatives and understands exactly what I am talking about.”
“Along with many of my Democratic colleagues, I led the bill to have, finally, Medicare negotiations under Medicare Part D. What happened? The last administration took this on, the top 10 drugs--everything from Eliquis, to Januvia, to Xarelto, to Jardiance. They finally negotiated the prices and negotiated prices for those 10 drugs--which went down 60 percent, 70 percent--and will save 9 million seniors $1.5 billion in out-of-pocket costs in just the first year alone. No one has refuted these stats because this was the negotiation. Now this torch, this incredible effort to finally bring down pharmaceutical prices, has been passed on to this administration. They have been given 15 drugs--that is the next allotment--including Ozempic, to negotiate the prices down for seniors.”
“In order to figure out the death benefit, what he got under Social Security, he first emailed. He is very much with it at age 79. It took too long. On and on. He called--hours and hours. He went into the office. He drove 30 miles. He was asked to show his ID online. It went on and on and on for days, until he called our office, and we got involved and tried to help him--a man who is grieving, who just lost his wife. That is what these cuts are going to mean for regular people. Yes, it is a disaster for Wall Street, but it is more of a disaster on Main Street. For decades--and here is one example--Big Pharma companies had a sweetheart deal written into law that allowed them to charge seniors whatever they wanted for lifesaving prescription drugs.”
“The Republican budget doubles down on this because while we are seeing this assault on Americans' savings and on average American families who work hard every single day, we are also now hearing about a budget that would add, in 30 years, $37 trillion to the debt--$37 trillion to the debt--while cutting Medicaid. Why do I say that? Because in order to meet the targets that were outlined over in the House, the Congressional Budget Office, which has long been nonpartisan--used by Democrats and Republicans in Congress-- has made it clear that this would have to involve cuts to Medicaid. Add that to the firings at the Department of Health and Human Services that will undercut health services and research. I just met with a man this weekend from a small town right close to Brainerd, MN, whose wife had just died in January.”
“We call this the Trump tariff tax, TTT. Easy to remember: Trump tariff tax. Estimates are now, based on the announcement made yesterday, that this is a $4,000 tax per average American family; it is a $20,000 additional fee on every single home that someone wants to buy--that is the average; thousands of dollars for a car. Why? Because our supply chains are forever integrated with the rest of the world. We get stuff from Canada. We were able to see four of our colleagues stand up and vote with all Democrats to say that the basis for the Trump tariff tax on Americans, based on Canada, was wrong. And we actually made a statement last night, and then what happens? We see the effects of the Trump tariff tax: 4 percent down in the stock market. Some of it is 5 percent down.”
“You know, that is the incredible thing about democracies: People write [[Page S2268]] in, they send emails, they call our offices, they show up at townhall meetings, and they tell us what they think. In this email, she said: We need to draw the line and say this is enough. I couldn't agree more. Today, the day has been a really hard time. I was on a TV program earlier, and there were a lot of major Wall Street traders--Jim Cramer--who are experts on Wall Street, and they talked about what a devastating day this has been. This was actually the toughest day, the biggest tumble the stock market has taken since 2020 in the pandemic. But this was not a pandemic. This was not a global pandemic. This was a self-inflicted wound from the President of the United States, and it, sadly, affected people not just on Wall Street but on Main Street.”
“Slashing Medicare and Medicaid would devastate families across our country. These are programs that millions of people rely on, like our neighbors, like our parents, like our grandparents. This is real, and I think people know that. They understand that. I think about a constituent from Inver Grove Heights, MN, who told me that Medicaid helps her to afford the cost of her father's memory care. She said: I'm not sure what we will do if we cannot receive this benefit. I think about what I heard from another constituent--a working mom of two--whose parents rely on Medicaid for healthcare. She told me she doesn't think it is fair to shift the cost of care to families like hers to pay for tax cuts to the wealthy.”
“It might not have been the place that he had been at for a few years, but it was a place that was safe for him. Medicaid provides healthcare for 20 percent--one in five--of the people in rural Minnesota, and it provides the long-term care for one out of two--50 percent--of the people in my State who are in long-term care. It is pretty important. About 2 weeks ago, I went on a 14-county tour in rural Minnesota. I went to a number of senior facilities and assisted living facilities and heard their stories. So many of them needed Medicaid. But this partisan budget would force rural hospitals to shut their doors, and it would be particularly dangerous for people with chronic conditions and families caring for a child with a rare disease--all to pay for more than $2 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthiest people in our country.”
“It is not maybe the first word on everyone's minds when they wake up in the morning because sometimes people don't know that Medicaid is helping their parents and their grandparents pay for their assisted living. In my case, I knew that my dad was in assisted living that was paid for by his savings--he had late-onset Alzheimer's--and I knew the exact day when that savings would run out. He got married three times. That is another story. But he had limited savings, and the savings would get him through a certain date, and then Medicaid would kick in. That was the date when he was going to actually have to move, and I found another place for him. He actually died a year before that happened. We miss him every single day. But I knew that Medicaid was there for him when those savings ran out, that he had a place to go.”
“I bet a lot of Americans would like that, but it is going to Elon Musk. And it pays for it by threatening the healthcare of 80 million Americans, including 31 million children. This is not what Americans signed up for when they voted. I have heard this from constituents. I know because some of the people who--a number of them, a lot of them--voted for Donald Trump and me--what did they want? They wanted us to work on costs. They wanted us to bring down the cost of groceries and bring down the cost of healthcare, bring down the cost of everything from housing to childcare. They wanted us to stand up for them. Instead, we get this billionaire tax scam bill. So let's talk about Medicaid.”
“Mr. President, I rise in strong opposition to our colleagues' budget, the Republican budget, the Trump budget and plan where billionaires win and families lose. We are voting on this budget resolution because our colleagues are once again telling us whose problems they are focused on solving, and-- spoiler alert--it is not the problems of everyday Americans. Two-thirds of these tax cuts go to billionaires. After an election where the American people sent a clear message that they were concerned about the high price of essentials like healthcare, my Republican colleagues are focused on another round of tax cuts for billionaires. This proposal gives the top 0.1 percent of income earners a new tax break worth an average of $180,000. It gives a $50 million tax break to Elon Musk over the next 10 years. That is right--10 years, $50 million.”
“Maybe we don't care about all those businesses and all those workers, but maybe we should listen to them. [[Page S2129]] This resolution is about restoring common sense and responsible governance. It is about Congress reasserting its constitutional role on trade. And it is about standing up for American workers, businesses, and consumers that are being asked to pay the price of this trade war. Let's change course before the damage becomes even more permanent. I urge my colleagues to support this resolution. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.”
“Sure you can have targeted tariffs. That is not what this is. These tariffs on Canada are an abuse of the emergency powers. And if they want to negotiate this, put it in the upcoming negotiations of the USMCA, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement that I supported, that President Trump negotiated in his last administration. Why wouldn't he do it there? Why instead is he doing his usual shock and awe, jarring the economy? This is going to be a blanket permission slip for tariff wars. I will note again: Thanks, Senator Kaine, and our bipartisan group of supporters. The United Steelworkers, International Association of Machinists, North America's Building Trades Union, AFL-CIO, Chamber of Commerce, National Taxpayers Union, and National Retail Federation have all endorsed this resolution.”
“Since the administration began to propose and implement or pause but hang over people's head wide-ranging tariffs, wholesale prices have gone up on everything from meat and coffee to natural gas and lumber. Homeowner Association, Home Builders Association, Retail Association--how many business groups? Are the Republicans not listening to them anymore? And add to that the Steelworkers. Do they not care about that? They are opposed to that, and they support this resolution that Senator Kaine and Warner and I have come together to introduce. With these tariffs across the world, we are going to see a $20,000 increase to the price of a home and a $3,000 increase to an American- made car. This might not mean much to Elon Musk and the billionaires in Trump's Cabinet, but it means a lot to the people in my State. Tariffs can be an important tool.”
“I remember it was the Canadian Embassy in one of the worst of times for our country that had banners draped in the front of their Embassy that said: ``Friends, Neighbors, Partners, Allies.'' Those banners aren't hanging there right now, and they are not going to put them up anytime soon. It was the Canadians that were the first to arrive after 9/11 to volunteer to help out our country in its greatest moment of need. They fought alongside us in two World Wars. This is a longstanding friendship and an incredible trade relationship based on mutual respect and trust, and, yes, two strong economies. Because these new tariffs are already causing harm, as I noted, they amount to a national sales tax.”
“4 largest markets combined. We are the fourth biggest ag exporter, the State of Minnesota, in the country. So we know a little bit about how this works. In 2023 alone, our State exported 7 billion in goods to Canada, including ag products, machinery, and medical devices. That is a major hit for the retaliatory tariffs that we are going to see. The damage can extend to every sector of our economy. I just mentioned tourism. So I chair the Canada-United States Inter- Parliamentary Group. I go to Canada a lot. I know our partners over there. I know the people in the Conservative Party, the Liberal Party, all of them. And the one thing that has united us to a tee is this friendship that has far transcended this President.”
“Tourism from Canada right now, the numbers just came out, down 75 percent. That is hotels; that is restaurants. You think they don't know what is going on in Canada? They are looking at every single move. First, they were shocked, and now they are pissed, and that is exactly what is happening right now. This resolution is about drawing a line in the sand and saying: You cannot abuse your emergency powers to start an unjustified trade war. You cannot abuse your emergency powers for one of the finest relationships in the world, the relationship between America and Canada. And you cannot drive up prices, eliminate jobs, and put in place a national sales tax. Canada is not just our neighbor. With my State, it is our No. 1 trading partner. In fact, we do so much business with Canada, that it is more than the total of our No. 2, No. 3, and No.”
“They don't want a national sales tax. People involved in the economy of this country, everyone from small business owners on, are going to be the first hit by this because they do not actually have the wherewithal and the big conglomeration to try to deal with it. Small farmers in my State that are already dealing with retaliatory tariffs, are already dealing with the fact that Canadians who used to buy their stuff don't want to buy it anymore or other countries aren't buying their stuff. And what happens then? The Canadians look for other markets. And there are other countries, other manufacturers, other farmers in other nations that say: We are more than happy to fill your contract, sir. We are more than happy to help you out with that aluminum, ma'am, because of these tariffs.”
“Passing this resolution just became even more urgent because of the President's announcement of even more across-the-board tariffs this afternoon, including a minimum 10-percent tax on all imports and even higher tariffs on certain countries--including our friends and allies. This is a country that has thrived on the fact and our economy has grown because we do business with the world. And, already, with the President's announcement--which he called ``Liberation Day''; I call it a ``National Sales Tax Day'' because the estimates are that these tariffs will result in about $5,000 in taxes--that is right--on the average family in America every single year. What has happened? Well, the stock market is closed, but the futures are tanking. They are tanking. And that is because people get that this is not going to work for our American economy.”
“Madam President, I rise today in strong support of a bipartisan resolution led by my colleague who is here today, Senator Tim Kaine, which I colead with him and Senator Warner to restore stability to our trade with one of our greatest allies, greatest friends, and that is the country of Canada. This resolution does one thing, and it does it clearly. It terminates the President's declaration related to the Canadian border that he is using as an excuse to impose across-the-board tariffs--which are, in fact, taxes--on Canadian imports under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.”